Repositories

  • Contact Information

    • Name:

      Great Zimbabwe Site Museum, National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe
    • Postal Address:

      P.O. Box 1060
      Masvingo
      Zimbabwe
    • Telephone:

      263-39-63310; 62080; 65084; code 263 39
    • Facsimile:

      263 39 63310
    • E-mail:

      greatzim@mweb.co.zw, gzim@gzim.zimusun.co.zw
    • Director:

      Edward Matenga
  • Collections

    • Type of repository:

      Museum
    • Types of source material:

      Archival records
      Artifacts
      Government records
      Newspapers
      Oral histories
      Photographs
    • Size:

      over 3,000 archaeological objects, 300 ethnological objects
    • Holdings:

      The Great Zimbabwe Museum holds mostly archaeological objects, most of which were retrieved from the site of Great Zimbabwe. There are also some ethnographic objects recovered from areas around Great Zimbabwe. Great Zimbabwe also has storage facilities at the conservation center where archaeological objects from the Southern Region of Zimbabwe are housed.

    • Receiving new material?

      No
    • Languages:

      English
  • Access Conditions

    • Access conditions:

      Entrance fees; open 0600 hrs to 1800 hours

    • Finding tools:

      Accession lists or registers
      Card catalogs
      Electronic catalogs
      Guides
      Inventories
    • Copier available?:

      No
  • Repository publications:

  • References:

    Matenga, Edward. <I>The Soapstone Birds of Great Zimbabwe: Symbols of a Nation.</I> Harare: African Publishing Group, 1998.